ELLISVILLE – No. 5 Jones smacked six home runs, the last a two-run shot from
Makynlie Jones, to walk-off Itawamba in game two and sweep a pair Saturday at The Bank.
Jones improved to 34-12, 21-5 in MACCC play and can clinch one of two regional host spots with a win Monday against Mississippi Delta.
ICC fell to 26-27, 16-12 MACCC with a ninth straight loss to the Bobcats.
Jones will host MDCC at 11 a.m. on Monday, moved up from 1 p.m., to close out the regular season.
Jones 5, Itawamba 1
Julia Shaw's RBI-single in the first gave ICC the early lead, but that's all they would get as Jones scored the game's final five runs.
Jones was fortunate to only give up one, with the Indians loading the bases with no outs before a pair of fly outs and a fielder's choice.
Brooklynn Montana tied the game at 1-1 with her 12th homer of the year in the bottom of the first and
Kaleigh Steverson's groundout made it 2-1 Bobcats.
Meredith Fontenot homered in the second to make it 3-1 and Montana's sac fly in the third extended it to 4-1.
Steverson's RBI-single in the fifth capped the scoring.
Reanna Nieman (16-5) worked out of a jam in the first and scattered nine hits, six strikeouts and one unearned run for the victory.
Seven Bobcats combined for seven hits.
Jones 12, Itawamba 4 (5 inn.)
Leading 5-4 into the bottom of the fifth, Jones exploded for seven runs -- all with two outs -- on seven hits to walk-off the Indians in the nightcap.
ICC scored in the first again, but Jones immediately responded.
Emma Moore's RBI-double put Jones ahead 2-1.
The Indians used an RBI-double from Jessi Smith and RBI-single from Riley Tyree to retake the lead, 3-2, in the third.
Jayden Sawyer's solo shot tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the third, her first of two in the game.
Gracey Harbour then singled to score
Makynlie Jones and a wild pitch made it 5-3 Cats after three.
Smith's sac fly pulled ICC back within 5-4 in the top of the fifth before the floodgates opened.
With two outs in the bottom of the fifth and one on, a single, double, back-to-back home runs, another single and walk-off home run ended it.
Harbour and
Elise Jackson had three hits each as part of a 14-hit attack.
Sawyer (14-5) got the win allowing eight hits, four runs and striking out five.